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Security implications of Lizard Squad Attack on Tor
January 05, 2015

Lizard Squad did a bad job of attacking Tor, it could have been much worse.

Security implications of Lizard Squad Attack on Tor
January 05, 2015

Lizard Squad did a bad job of attacking Tor, it could have been much worse.

Chaos Computer Club censored (and me too)
December 08, 2014

As a result of the "Great Firewall of Britain" the Chaos Computer Club discovered it is being blocked by Verifone. It turns out that ThePrivacyBlog is too!

Chaos Computer Club censored (and me too)
December 08, 2014

As a result of the "Great Firewall of Britain" the Chaos Computer Club discovered it is being blocked by Verifone. It turns out that ThePrivacyBlog is too!

Security risk of Uber abusing trust & tracking reporters
November 19, 2014

In two separate cases recently Uber has, or has talked about, abusing its information about their customer’s movements. First a Buzzed reporter Johana Bhuiyan was told that she was tracked on the way to a meeting by Josh Mohrer,

Security risk of Uber abusing trust & tracking reporters
November 19, 2014

In two separate cases recently Uber has, or has talked about, abusing its information about their customer’s movements. First a Buzzed reporter Johana Bhuiyan was told that she was tracked on the way to a meeting by Josh Mohrer,

Protect your security from ISPs stripping email encryption
November 14, 2014

Engineers at Golden Frog recently discovered that Cricket wireless was automatically disabling their email encryption. It is not at all clear why they were doing this, but we do know how. When an email client attempts to make a secure connection to a s...

Protect your security from ISPs stripping email encryption
November 14, 2014

Engineers at Golden Frog recently discovered that Cricket wireless was automatically disabling their email encryption. It is not at all clear why they were doing this, but we do know how. When an email client attempts to make a secure connection to a s...

How to protect yourself against new DarkHotel type WiFi attacks
November 12, 2014

A new APT called DarkHotel conducts very targeted attacks against executives in Asian hotels. There are several things you can do to protect yourself.

How to protect yourself against new DarkHotel type WiFi attacks
November 12, 2014

A new APT called DarkHotel conducts very targeted attacks against executives in Asian hotels. There are several things you can do to protect yourself.